By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks were on track to end 2014 in style, with futures pointing to a higher open on Wall Street Wednesday and indicating the major benchmarks will post solid gains for the full year.

By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. stocks edged higher Wednesday, providing a bit of consolation for investors in the FTSE 100 benchmark, which is set to end the year as the laggard among its European peers.

The UK MHRA has validated the European marketing application for the indications of chemotherapy and radiotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting; MHRA's feedback is expected during H2/2015 BEKINDA ™ (RHB-102) is a proprietary once-daily oral pill formulation of the antiemetic drug ondansetron, targeting a worldwide potential market with estimated annual sales of $940 million BEKINDA ™ is also being developed for acute gastroenteritis and gastritis, with an ongoing Phase III study in the U.S. and top-line data expected during H2/2015
TEL-AVIV, Israel, Dec.

By Jennifer Booton, MarketWatch
Robots, virtual reality, automotive tech are transforming our future
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- It's well known that technology grows exponentially -- but sometimes its development is unfolding right before your eyes and you don't even realize it.

By William Watts, MarketWatch
Rig count lowest since April: Baker Hughes
NEW YORK (MarketWatch)--It's no surprise that the number of U.S. oil rigs moves up and down with the price of oil, but the chart above offers an interesting glance at the relationship.

By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stocks moved higher Wednesday, with the pan-European benchmark set to log a modest gain for the year despite declines for many of the region's key indexes.

LONDON , December 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In conformity with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, we hereby notify the market of the following:
Royal Dutch Shell plc's (NYSE:RDS.A) (NYSE:RDS.B) capital consists of 3,907,302,393 A shares and 2,440,410,614 B shares, each with equal voting rights.

BEIJING , Dec, 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) ("Renren" or the "Company"), a leading real name social networking I nternet platform in China , today announced that effective close of business on December 31, 2014 , Ms.